Nothing like the an alarm to jolt you out of your thoughts. Some Fiber porn for your viewing pleasure. They will be in the store soon.
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As I had mentioned before Outaouais Arcott is one of 3 candadian arcott breeds. There is the canadian arcott and the rideau arcott. all three have similar beginnings. However there are differences between the breeds. The Canadian Arcott is heavier meat sheep with meduim wool. The base 2 breeds for creating this breed […]
The Outaouais Arcott (said oot-a-way) is one of a triad of breeds established at the Agriculture Canada research station near Ottawa. Outaouais were wrought by melding quite a few breeds . Some of the chief breeds are the Suffolk, Finnish Landrace, and Shropshire. These sheep The sheep ensuing from the selective breeding program were available to Canadian producers […]
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Sorry about the late post I’ve been having some technical issues. I’m glad it’s working right again. I was ready to stab something with a short pointy needle (lol). Types of stitch markers Montadale wool P.S. If you would like to be notified whenever […]
The fleece of the montadale is radiant white or natural hued black being the most popular with spinners. A minimum staple of 4 inches, it should be free of hair or kemp. Montadales have very little lanolin in the fleece which produces a higher harvest. Fleeces from ewes typically weight 8-12 pds. The micron count is between […]
Montadale are a line of sheep that were cultivated in the 1930’s by E.H. Mattingly. He was mid-western commercial lamb buyer who wanted to breed a supreme sheep. Mattingly wanted to schlep the characteristics of mutton sheep together with big western range sheep. Thus the montadale was created and is designed to be dual purpose sheep raised for both meat and wool. The […]
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Sale at Store get 40% off until tonight at 11:59 pm. Use coupon code XMASINJULY. Paco-Vicuna spun fiber New bracelets what do you think. I think they are awesome! Let me know how you likes these and if you like th idea of an ajustable chain:)
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Paco-vicuna ranks right up there with cashmere on the finess scale. It is very light weight and there are several natural colors, cream , lt.beige, honey-tan, and golden brown. This fleece can be teased, carded or combed. The length is between that of vicuna and alpaca at around 1.5 to 3 inches. It can […]
I saw this fiber in a swap and had to have it. I know what an alpaca is , I know what a vicuna is, I also know that alpacas are the descendants of vicunas, but what the hell is a paco-vicuna? A googling I will go…….. A paco – vicuna is basically a cross between an […]
Here are a few pics of the flood destruction the next town over had to endure and is still dealing with: First 2 photos by Gabor Degre from Bangor Daily News. Pics by Kayla Bailey from the Bangor Daily News. New Batts for the Store! […]
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